Introduction: A tribute to cell-to-cell channels

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 5-12

  Mehta, Parmender P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHESIS; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 36349003552     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9068-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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